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notZaar posted:Void certainly has some hosed up Cenobite poo poo going on, but really his main physical feature makes me think of just one thing: My first thought too honestly
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notZaar posted:Void certainly has some hosed up Cenobite poo poo going on, but really his main physical feature makes me think of just one thing: 
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Just got to the Fantasia chapter. My jaw is on the floor. Next chapter the Elf Island arc starts. Super stoked. This manga keeps getting better and better.
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May 19, 2014 13:14
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mechacop posted:Just got to the Fantasia chapter. My jaw is on the floor. Next chapter the Elf Island arc starts. Super stoked. This manga keeps getting better and better. Just wait until they reach the island! And wait And wait I have a terrible feeling at some point we'll get to see the island from affair and then some giant enemy is going to wreck the ship and they will wash up really far back.
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freelop posted:Just wait until they reach the island! Oh, I'm in the ongoing arc now then?
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mechacop posted:Oh, I'm in the ongoing arc now then? The trip to elf island is the current arc along with some junk happening with Griff and Midgard.
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May 19, 2014 13:25
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mechacop posted:Oh, I'm in the ongoing arc now then? 'Trip to Elf Island' has been an ongoing arc for, let me see... Approximately, forever.
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May 19, 2014 13:27
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mechacop posted:Oh, I'm in the ongoing arc now then? The thread tried to warn you...
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No kidding, I stopped reading about 15 chapters ago, and decided to catch up... I guess I know how the people that read ASOIAF feel?
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May 19, 2014 16:22
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It never ceases to amuse me that one of the God Hand was named Conrad. You have Void, Slan, Ubik, Femto, and then some guy named Conrad to fill in that 4th seat.
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May 19, 2014 16:24
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Brought To You By posted:It never ceases to amuse me that one of the God Hand was named Conrad. You have Void, Slan, Ubik, Femto, and then some guy named Conrad to fill in that 4th seat. I need to slow down, too. I'm on ch 140 or something. Maybe if I only read one chapter every month or so it'll be finished before I can catch up.
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Not a bloody chance. You'll just end up waiting like the rest of us. ONE of us, one of us.
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Brought To You By posted:It never ceases to amuse me that one of the God Hand was named Conrad. You have Void, Slan, Ubik, Femto, and then some guy named Conrad to fill in that 4th seat. Isn't Conrad the one that showed Griffith the illusion that lead to him making the decision to sacrifice the Band of the Hawk? Or was that Ubik?
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Say Nothing posted:This is the 8th image that shows up when you GIS for 'berserk void'. Huh, I thought there was only one female member of God Hand (the God Hand?). Brought To You By posted:It never ceases to amuse me that one of the God Hand was named Conrad. You have Void, Slan, Ubik, Femto, and then some guy named Conrad to fill in that 4th seat. They're all a bit silly if you read science fiction, except Femto. Slan goes double though because the original's a book about Clark Kent growing up to be Superman (and nickname for sf fan), and then there's... this other Slan.
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Conrad seems to me like it's a nod to Joseph Conrad.
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The wikia claims that the name Conrad is taken from ...And Call me Conrad. Doesn't give a source though.
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Ytlaya posted:Isn't Conrad the one that showed Griffith the illusion that lead to him making the decision to sacrifice the Band of the Hawk? Or was that Ubik? It was definitely a disguised Ubik in the movies. In the anime they all chipped in IIRC.
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Cake Attack posted:The wikia claims that the name Conrad is taken from ...And Call me Conrad. Eh, it makes sense since the Slan and Ubik are named after sci-fi books from the same era.
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Zorak posted:All of the Godhand embody certain sins or essences of negative emotion. The desire for some essence of the human condition taken to an inhuman extreme, casting off all that once cared about. Griffith is ambition embodied. For the sake of his ambition he sacrificed everyone he knew and cared about. He is still Femto, just Femto incarnated and capable of "playing" in the mortal realm. That's a pretty cool interpretation! It makes Godhand a lot like the seven deadly sins. Though now I'm wondering exactly who is embodying what, aside from Slan (Hot batwing women seen down a tunnel of tits - I'm guessing sex.) Nebakenezzer fucked around with this message at 17:48 on May 19, 2014 |
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Nebakenezzer posted:That's a pretty cool interpretation! It makes Godhand a lot like the seven deadly sins. Though now I'm wondering exactly who is embodying what, aside from Slan (Hot batwing women seen down a tunnel of tits - guessing sex.) Conrad seems to be famine/pestilence, Ubik is deceit, Slan is temptaion/lust, Void is faith and Femto is ambition.
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Azzents posted:Conrad seems to be famine/pestilence, Ubik is deceit, Slan is temptaion/lust, Void is faith and Femto is ambition. You could be right on all counts, but Famine isn't a human trait. Greed, maybe? I kind of assumed desire for knowledge/curiosity would be one of 'em.
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Nebakenezzer posted:You could be right on all counts, but Famine isn't a human trait. Greed, maybe? I kind of assumed desire for knowledge/curiosity would be one of 'em. Conrad's only really appearances have been with the other God Hands in their little pocket realities and when he materializes from a bunch of plagued rats so that's all I really have to go on. Void, on the other hand, could easily represent knowledge and curiosity.
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A bit late, but thanks for the replies. From the start it is and I'll probably end up doing the same to refresh myself, because I honestly can't remember much anymore about the beginning.
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All of the sci-fi references the God Hand form are great, especially Ubik if you've read it. It's a really strange but fascinating novel I recommend checking out. Don't read about it, just read it. It's pretty short.
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I've been meaning to read the ~god hand books~ for years now but never gotten around to it. I'll see about Ubik though, if it comes recommended. Fake edit: it's on kindle, good. In other news, and in the interest of letting the thread down gently, we're getting a new chapter this week! And the next one is slated for publication... "this summer". 
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LordMune posted:I've been meaning to read the ~god hand books~ for years now but never gotten around to it. I'll see about Ubik though, if it comes recommended. Fake edit: it's on kindle, good. Summer starts in a month 
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Wait, what are God Hand books? Side novels that elaborate on the God Hand, or?
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Ubik is a relatively short Philip K Dick story, I don't know about the rest.
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mechacop posted:Wait, what are God Hand books? Side novels that elaborate on the God Hand, or? they rap about the craft of love. so much better than a novice could. h.p. lovecraft is all over the kindle, so please check it out before the cost of repair exceeds the resale value of your shattered psyche after reading such mindaltering fiction.
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So, apparently Miura did a one-shot with Buronson way back when. It is not very good! http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Japan
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mechacop posted:Wait, what are God Hand books? Side novels that elaborate on the God Hand, or? Slan, Ubik and Conrad are named after old sci-fi books. That's all. Incidentally, Slan heavily inspired the manga To Terra, which is also very good.
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Serious Frolicking posted:So, apparently Miura did a one-shot with Buronson way back when. It is not very good! http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Japan That was certainly one of the most openly nationalistic things I've read in a while.
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Japan was also published by Dark Horse some years back. I happened upon it a long time ago and bought it. Very nationalistic, yes, but also quite silly. Something like those cheesy 80s action movies where Schwarzenegger or Stallone or whoever just mows down a bunch of
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I kept thinking they were going to go back to where they came from but nope they are just stuck there.
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Serious Frolicking posted:So, apparently Miura did a one-shot with Buronson way back when. It is not very good! http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Japan Why have they imprisoned Conchita Wurst? 
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"Japan" works even better if you read it as the origin of Skull Knight Seriously though, it was a fun read, even if the overall message was "gently caress YEAH JAPAN!"
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mechacop posted:I've never played any of the Japan=exclusive Berserk games, but I've been thinking a lot lately about what a proper Berserk game would be, and what it would take to replicate the feeling of being Guts. omg, cel shading! and the thing they did in that okami game with the sumi-e look, except with crosshatching instead! and like a cool limit break feature for killing like over 5000 monsters.
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